Bioelectrochemistry of Cells and Tissues

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XI

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2. Electric organs and their innervation: A model system for the study of cholinergic function

   • Victor P. Whittaker

   Pages 1-33

3. Contractility and motility of muscle and non-muscle cells

   • Hans Georg Mannherz

   Pages 34-56

4. Light-transduction in photoreceptors

   • Károly Nagy, Hennig Stieve

   Pages 57-133

5. An electrochemical description of metabolism

   • Michael N. Berry, Marlene B. Grivell

   Pages 134-158

6. The low-frequency dielectric properties of biological cells

   • Christopher L. Davey, Douglas B. Kell

   Pages 159-207

7. Dielectrophoretic and electrorotation behaviour of cells: Theory and experiment

   • Ronald Pethig, Ying Huang

   Pages 208-244

8. Effects of magnetic fields on living systems

   • Stephen D. Smith, Abraham R. Liboff, Bruce R. McLeod

   Pages 245-282

9. Low-frequency electromagnetic field effects on cell metabolism

   • Hermann Berg

   Pages 283-301

10. Back Matter

    Pages 303-308

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Bioelectrochemistry: Principles and Practice provides a comprehensive compilation of all the physicochemical aspects of the different biochemical and physiological processes. The role of electric and magnetic fields in biological systems forms the focus of this second volume in the Bioelectrochemistry series. The most prominent use of electric fields is found in some fish. These species generate fields of different strengths and patterns serving either as weapons, or for the purpose of location and communication. Electrical phenomena involved in signal transduction are discussed by means of two examples, namely excitation-contraction coupling in muscles and light transduction in photoreceptors. Also examined is the role of electrical potential differences in energy metabolism and its control. Temporal and spatial changes of the potential difference across the membranes of nerve cells are carefully evaluated, since they are the basis of the spreading and processing of information in the nervous system. The dielectric properties of cells and their responses to electric fields, such as electrophoresis and electrorotation, are dealt with in detail. Finally, the effects of magnetic fields on living systems and of low-frequency electromagnetic fields on cell metabolism are also considered. Further volumes will be added to the series, which is intended as a set of source books for graduate and postgraduate students as well as research workers at all levels in bioelectrochemistry.

• cell
• cells
• chemistry
• electrochemistry
• electromagnetic
• electromagnetic fields
• living systems
• magnetic fields
• membrane
• metabolism
• physiology
• proteins
• receptor
• signal transduction
• tissue

• Biozentrum, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland

  Dieter Walz

• IMB-BEC, Jena, Germany

  Hermann Berg

• Bioelectrochemistry Laboratory, Institute of Molecular Biotechnology, Jena, Germany

  Hermann Berg

• Istituto Superiore di Sanità, Rome, Italy

  Giulio Milazzo

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